Brookeborough

For other uses, see Viscount Brookeborough.
Brookeborough
Irish: Achadh Lon[1]

Lady Brooke Memorial Hall, Brookeborough
 Brookeborough shown within Northern Ireland
Population 517 (2001 Census)
Irish grid referenceH380410
   – Belfast  69 miles (111 km) 
DistrictFermanagh and Omagh
CountyCounty Fermanagh
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Enniskillen
Postcode district BT94
Dialling code 028
EU Parliament Northern Ireland
UK ParliamentFermanagh and South Tyrone
NI AssemblyFermanagh and South Tyrone
Websitehttp://www.bdcda.org/
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Fermanagh

Coordinates: 54°18′54″N 7°24′22″W / 54.315°N 7.406°W / 54.315; -7.406

Brookeborough (/brʊkˈbʌrə/) is a village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland at the Westerly foot of Slieve Beagh. It lies about eleven miles east of Enniskillen, just off the A4 trunk road, and about five miles west of the County Tyrone boundary. It is situated in the civil parish of Aghavea and the historic barony of Magherastephana.[2] It is situated within Fermanagh and Omagh district.

According to the 2001 Census, Brookeborough had a population of 517. The economy is heavily dependent on cattle and sheep farming. There are five places of Christian worship; a Catholic church, a Methodist church (built in 1839), an Elim Pentecostal church, a Church of Ireland church and a Baptist church; three public houses; and two primary (elementary) schools.

The Boer War memorial at the head of the town was carved by a local man named Harte in 1901. Behind it is the Lady Brooke Memorial Hall of the same date, a period building preserving all its original features including a clocktower and transverse stained glass window panels.

History

Before the Plantation of Ulster the area of Brookeborough was known as Achadh Lon (anglicised as Aghalun), the townland in which it lies. It is believed that the Irish name refers to a "field of blackbirds". Aghalun was in the hands of the Maguire Clan until the 1641 rebellion when it was given to the Brooke family. The village was then named after Sir Henry Brooke, who was granted the village in 1666 and settled at Colebrooke Park nearby.

On 1 January 1957, there was a well-known attack on Brookeborough R.U.C. Barracks by the I.R.A. during its 1950s Border Campaign. This attack was led by Seán Garland, and included Seán South and Fergal O'Hanlon, both the subjects of well-known Irish republican ballads, who were shot dead during the attack.

In 2002, the Brookeborough Community Development Association, in conjunction with a similar organisation in Riverstown, County Sligo, Republic of Ireland, launched the Riverbrooke Cross-Border Initiative linking the two villages in a programme of cross-community/cross-border working.

Places of interest

This renovation of Colebrooke included the installation of the new Colebrooke spa [3] which was featured on the television show Country House Rescue in June 2012 [4] Part of this renovation also includes additional accommodation in the form of The Triumphal Arch Lodge [5] Today Colebrooke Park, and the buildings around it, provide a tranquil getaway from the rush of the main A4 road between Brookeborough and Fivemiletown, which eventually becomes a section of motorway between Ballygawley and Dungannon, on the way to Belfast. This homely and historic rural retreat has also featured in a number of programmes and publications on the culture of Northern Ireland [6] and also includes holiday cottages [7]and The Ashbrooke Riding School. Equestrianism has long been a part of the history of this area.

People

Others who were born in the village and have achieved success of note include the Breen brothers - Paul, academic and author of such works as The Charlton Men [10] and Martin, editor of the Sunday Life newspaper;[11] Amanda Montgomery, artist,[12] and Kieran Donnelly former Fermanagh GAA Senior Team Assistant manager.

Transport

2001 Census

Brookeborough is classified as a small village or hamlet by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (i.e. with a population of between 500 and 1,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 517 people living in Brookeborough. Of these:

For further details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service

Sport

See also

References

  1. ↑ Placenames Database of Ireland: Brookeborough/Achadh Lon
  2. ↑ "Brookeborough". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  3. ↑ http://colebrookespa.com
  4. ↑ http://www.impartialreporter.com/news/roundup/articles/2012/06/13/397015-colebrooke-to-star-in-thursdays-country-house-rescue/[]
  5. ↑ http://www.irishlandmark.com/property/triumphal-arch-lodge/
  6. ↑ http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article/3302/to-the-manor-born-colebrooke-park
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-09-12. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
  8. ↑ http://ohsointricate1994.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/dscn4085.jpg
  9. ↑ http://aghavea.blogspot.co.uk
  10. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
  11. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/may/21/belfast-sunday-life-martin-breen-youngest-editor
  12. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
  13. ↑ "Brookeborough station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-09-13.

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